here is good news. the u.s. could be on track to approve a fourth covid vaccine. that s because the maryland-based biotech company novavax announced strong results from its phase three trials. the vaccine showed a 90% efficacy rate against the virus and it is 100% effective against moderate to severe covid. it will apply for fda emergency use authorization within the next few months. the u.s. has enough doses of the three vaccines approved to vaccinate the entire u.s. population. a fourth vaccine could help in getting doses to the rest of the world. so far in the u.s., nearly 144 million people are fully vaccinated. that doesn t include young kids who aren t eligible for the shot yet. as we speak, trials are underway to see if pfizer s covid vaccine is safe and effective for kids 5 to 11. maura barrett is at a hospital
received at least one covid vaccine dose morgan radford has more from ohio tonight. reporter: after more than a year of waiting excited to get back to normal. reporter: americans are preparing for the biggest holiday since the vaccine rollout. travel is expected to be up 60% from last year, with tens of millions planning to hit the roads, rails, and skies this weekend. are you planning on traveling this holiday weekend? yes we re actually going to michigan. reporter: but there are still a lot of questions about safety for smaller outdoor gatherings like back yard barbecues, if you re certain everyone is fully vaccinated the cdc says no masks are needed because the risk is low. what if several families are gathering together and the adults are vaccinated but the younger kids who aren t eligible to be vaccinated yet are also there if you re with a smaller group of people, you can safely gather unmasked children with vaccinated unmasked
we do have some new exit poll data. nbc news was able to do exit poll data of georgia voters in terms of their concerns about voter suppression. look at this. the concern that people who aren t eligible to vote will nevertheless be able to vote, that s 41%. the concern that eligible voters will be prevented from voting, that beats it by double digits, 51%. if you break it down by race among georgia voters, you ll see why the numbers shake out that way. the concern that people not eligible will vote is a concern of a majority of white voters, 54%. among african-american voters, look at the concern that eligible voters will be prevented from voting. 73% of black voters in georgia are saying they have concerns that eligible voters will be blocked. i have concerns that there s an extra l in the first mention of eligible on that screen. but that s the sort of thing that i ll have to take up during the commercial break. for now being go to ari melber
question the results. we know that he has disproportionately purged voters of color, stop the voters of color, arrested voters of color, and that s problematic because regardless of his intent, the result is that racial bias is injected into our system. laura: i guess you could say that about rahm emanuel because in chicago, people of color are also arrested in hartford, connecticut, she s clever she got a lot of praise for saying i can t question his heart. all of those things are crimes. you can t keep someone from voting who is legally gone through the process to vote. all that he s talking about and other folks are talking about is we have to spend money on making sure these lists comport to reality and the people on these lists are eligible to vote. this is about one man, one vote. if people who aren t eligible to vote do vote, they dilute everyone s vote.
you know, the conversation wings to the south of us, hurry and get here now. republicans, at the time, who opposed the bill said that passing this bill will cause a wave of people coming to take advantage of it. and, you know, the president, even though people who arrive now aren t eligible for daca, and you made an argument about similar programs what, other than a bill that is only restricting immigration do you think wouldn t be a magnet? every time border security. i m not trying to be flip. that s how the two go together. the problem of doing any of them in a vacuum we continue the problem. we want a permanent solution. not to be difficult but every time this issue comes up and every time there is any sort of method where whether it s administratively or administratively attempted to address this problem, the same people, every time, say it s